Right?? Comedy and horror go together more often than you might think--both rely on the element of surprise to be effective. Not jump-scares, necessarily, but building up tension for either a punchline or a punch in the face. Zombies have been a staple of comedy-horror for a long time. See also: Shaun of the Dead, Re-Animator, Warm Bodies, Versus--it's good stuff.
The only thing I remember about 'Drag Me To Hell' was being sad that Bruce Campbell never showed up. YES, that too! Ugh! He's supposed to cameo in all of Sam Raimi's movies, right? Ah well. At least we have the Evil Dead mini-series to look forward to.
And my lasting impression of 'Paranormal Activity' was the "if these people had cats, they would have never known their house was haunted. They would have just kept sleeping." LOL. Indeed.
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Date: 2015-03-05 04:24 pm (UTC)The only thing I remember about 'Drag Me To Hell' was being sad that Bruce Campbell never showed up.
YES, that too! Ugh! He's supposed to cameo in all of Sam Raimi's movies, right? Ah well. At least we have the Evil Dead mini-series to look forward to.
And my lasting impression of 'Paranormal Activity' was the "if these people had cats, they would have never known their house was haunted. They would have just kept sleeping."
LOL. Indeed.